Carnegie & Kate Greenaway longlists announced

February 15th 2017

The day is finally here when we can announce the Carnegie & Kate Greenaway 2017 longlists! We’re sure that just like us, you’ve been waiting impatiently for the longlists to be revealed. We’re now one step closer to finding out the shortlists and getting started with the Shadowing Scheme. So, without further ado, here they are!

Carnegie longlist:

Frank Cottrell Boyce: Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth Zana Fraillon: The Bone Sparrow Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock: The Smell Of Other People's Houses Glenda Millard: The Stars at Oktober Bend Mal Peet: Beck Philip Reeve: Railhead Ruta Sepetys: Salt to the Sea Lauren Wolk: Wolf Hollow Horatio Clare: Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot Jenny Downham: Unbecoming Clare Furniss: How Not To Disappear Nick Lake: Whisper To Me M.G. Leonard: Beetle Boy Sara Pennypacker: Pax Gary D. Schmidt: Orbiting Jupiter Brian Selznick: The Marvels Nicky Singer: Island Mimi Thebo: Dreaming The Bear Ross Welford: Time Travelling With a Hamster Jeff Zentner: The Serpent King

Kate Greenaway longlist:

Dieter Braun: Wild Animals of the North Emily Gravett: Tidy William Grill: The Wolves of Currumpaw Jim Kay: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Chris Riddell: A Great Big Cuddle Francesca Sanna: The Journey Brian Selznick: The Marvels Lane Smith: There Is A Tribe Of Kids Barroux: Alpha Aaron Becker: Return Marion Deuchars: Bob the Artist Jim Field: The Lion Inside Cathy Fisher: Perfect James Weston Lewis: The Great Fire of London Ethan Murrow: The Whale Levi Pinfold: Greenling David Roberts: A Beginner's Guide to Bearspotting Sam Usher: Rain Stephen Walton: Counting Lions Jo Weaver: Little One This year’s lists cover a multitude of themes; the Carnegie list in particular is very representative of 2016. You name it – there’s war, refugees, racism, mental health and even environmental issues covered in this gritty longlist. The Carnegie longlist is on the most part not for the fainthearted or younger readers, on the whole, but don’t despair; these books deal with these issues subtly, adeptly and with warmth and empathy, giving readers an insight into other people, places and struggles to help them comprehend the world around them. Peters favourite Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth caters to younger readers, as does Ross Welford’s Time Travelling with a Hamster and Brian Selznick’s Carnegie and Greenaway longlisted title The Marvels. The Greenaway longlist is, as expected, decidedly less gritty. You’ll find nature, a menagerie of animals, and family in all its forms on the list, with a special mention to Flying Eye publisher for its three longlisted titles! Previous winner William Grill is nominated for The Wolves of Currumpaw, and Carnegie & Greenaway superstar Chris Riddell of course finds himself back on the list with his illustrations for poetry collection A Great Big Cuddle. Graphic novel Alpha and The Journey echo the refugee themes from the Carnegie list, but there’s also comedy in A Beginner’s Guide to Bearspotting and non-fiction in The Great Fire of London. To make your way through these exciting longlisted titles, you can click here to order the titles in a handy pack with 35% off, free jacketing plus free delivery! And don’t forget you can still pre-order the shortlisted titles too to ensure you get your books in time to start the Shadowing Scheme on 17^th March. Click here to take advantage of 35% off, free jacketing plus free delivery. What do you think of the longlist? Tweet us @PetersBooks and let us know!